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As fire sweeps through a sprawling squatter's colony on the rim of Manila Bay, a man flees to the water with some of his belongings. Officials say that two people are missing and some 10,000 others are homeless.

Occupants of a protest camp in the city's center take their morning shower. The camp appeared after the mass detention of those demonstrating against Vladimir Putin's reinauguration as president earlier this week.

Relatives of passengers on the ill-fated Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 have gathered at Halim Perdanakusuma airport. They watch a television report as bodies are recovered from the mountainous crash site.

Pictures in the News | May 11, 2012

Friday’s Pictures in the News begins in the Philippines, where a fire sweeps through a sprawling squatters’ colony on the rim of Manila Bay.

On the sports front: Finnish golfer Roope Kakko warms before Day 2 of the Madeira Islands Open in Portugal; Danica Patrick sits in her car during practice for a NASCAR meet in Darlington, S.C.; the EURO 2012 tournament cup gleams in Kiev; and diver Troy Dumais is silhouetted by the sun during a training session for the AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

In Moscow, residents of a protest camp take their morning shower; in Lahore, Pakistan, a girl cools off in a channel; and in the occupied West Bank, demonstrators face a military vehicle across a line of burning tires.